1839 - Cheatwood to Dick, Henry, Edmund, Powhatan - Bedford Co, VA
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Title
1839 - Cheatwood to Dick, Henry, Edmund, Powhatan - Bedford Co, VA
Source
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/28/1839
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
~
Witnesses
Mosby, Dabney
Executor
Hiram Cheatwood
Text of Freedom Document
Deed Book 27, Pg 393
Know all men by these presents That I Hiram Cheatwood Executor of the last will and testament
of John Cheatwood deceased late of Bedford County in pursuance of the provisioning of the said
last will and testament have emancipated and forever set free and by these presents do
emancipate and forever set free the following negro man slaves belonging to the said descendent
at the time of death namely Dick, Henry, Edward, and Powhatan.
Witness my hand and seal this 12th day of December 1838.
Hiram Cheatwood seal
Exer. Of Jno Cheatwood decd.
Teste
C.L. Mosby
C. Dabney
At a Court held for Bedford County the 28th day of January 1839.
This deed of emancipation was produced in court proved by this oath of the time subscribing
witnesses thereto ordered to be recorded.
Teste
Rob. Mitchell CBC
Know all men by these presents That I Hiram Cheatwood Executor of the last will and testament
of John Cheatwood deceased late of Bedford County in pursuance of the provisioning of the said
last will and testament have emancipated and forever set free and by these presents do
emancipate and forever set free the following negro man slaves belonging to the said descendent
at the time of death namely Dick, Henry, Edward, and Powhatan.
Witness my hand and seal this 12th day of December 1838.
Hiram Cheatwood seal
Exer. Of Jno Cheatwood decd.
Teste
C.L. Mosby
C. Dabney
At a Court held for Bedford County the 28th day of January 1839.
This deed of emancipation was produced in court proved by this oath of the time subscribing
witnesses thereto ordered to be recorded.
Teste
Rob. Mitchell CBC
Record Location
B27, P393 (land) - see 1828 will - names 6 to be freed but only 4 here
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1839 - Cheatwood to Dick, Henry, Edmund, Powhatan - Bedford Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed May 22, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/803.